CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycosidases
Functional Family glucan endo-1,3-beta-glucosidase, basic

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.73
Licheninase.
based on mapping to UniProt P12257
Hydrolysis of (1->4)-beta-D-glucosidic linkages in beta-D-glucans containing (1->3)- and (1->4)-bonds.
-!- Acts on lichenin and cereal beta-D-glucans, but not on beta-D-glucans containing only 1,3- or 1,4-bonds.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P12257
GUB2_HORVU
Hordeum vulgare
Lichenase-2

PDB Structure

PDB 1GHR
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Three-dimensional structures of two plant beta-glucan endohydrolases with distinct substrate specificities.
Varghese, J.N., Garrett, T.P., Colman, P.M., Chen, L., Hoj, P.B., Fincher, G.B.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA